Police seek two women, two men in robbery

Two men and two women are wanted in connection with a robbery at a business earlier this week.

Alicia Banks

The Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public's help in finding two women and two men wanted in connection with a Monday morning robbery between Belwood and Casar.

An employee arrived to a business on Wortman Road on Monday morning. He saw two masked men force his boss into a nearby barn. A gun was pointed to the back of his boss’s head, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

“The worker confronted the two suspects and told them to drop their weapon,” Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office Investigator Micah Sturgis said. “They fled the scene and the worker pulled out his weapon, firing two shots.”

The masked men left the business with an undisclosed amount of cash, according to the Sheriff's Office.

“The victim was not injured. He’s doing well as can be expected,” Cleveland County Sheriff Alan Norman said.

Four suspects sought

Mildred Marie Johnson, 23, of Vic Randall Road in Lawndale, and Debra Suzanne Moore, 34, of Deerwood Trail in Vale, are both wanted on one count each of robbery with a dangerous weapon and one count of conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon.

Investigators are also looking for Chad Christopher Davis, 32, of Vic Randall Road in Lawndale. He faces one count of conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon in the incident.

Sturgis didn’t go into detail about what role Johnson, Moore and Davis allegedly played in the incident.

Steven Daniel Harrison, 23, of Miller Bridge Road in Connelly Springs, is also still wanted on second-degree kidnapping, robbery with a dangerous weapon and conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon charges.

The Sheriff’s Office has made one arrest in the case, 30-year-old Jacob Todd Hoyle of Vale. His bond was set at $125,000 secured, according to the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office’s website.

At this time, Hoyle and Harrison are suspected to have been the armed masked men, according to Sturgis.

“Consider these individuals armed and dangerous. If you see them, contact 911 immediately,” Norman said.

Anyone with information about the case is asked to call the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office at 704-484-4888.